The secondary loss of gyrencephaly as an example of evolutionary phenotypical reversal

• Main Authors: Iva eKelava (Author), Eric eLewitus (Author), Wieland B eHuttner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gyrencephaly (the folding of the surface of the neocortex) is a mammalian-specific trait present in almost all mammalian orders. Despite the widespread appearance of the trait, little is known about the mechanism of its genesis or its adaptive significance. Still, most of the hypotheses proposed con...